Those who enjoy Springbank tend to love just about everything they release, but the 15 year offering is not without its detractors. Rumours abound about batches that are irredeemably sulphured. Fright…

Maybe regional designations don't matter much anymore, but I tend to think of "typical" Speyside whisky as honey-flowers-cinnamon-vanilla-raisins and this Craigellachie is a bit different. It's from a…

I've been drawn to heavy, guitar-driven music as long as I can remember. From Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Slayer, Pantera, and even AC/DC, louder was always better when I was learning to play. Looking back…

This won’t be a long review. Let me say upfront that this whisky was a disappointment. I have tremendous respect for Dr Don Livermore and for Lanny McDonald, but this is a pretty weak offering. It got…

WARNING: this is longer than most of the reviews I tend to post hereWhen we talk about the Scottish highlands, we tend to think of independence, natural beauty, and bellicose, if often taciturn indivi…

I've got mixed feelings about Forty Creek. John Hall helped shape a Canadian whisky revival, but FC's offerings are notoriously inconsistent in my experience. I've tasted some batches of bottom shelf…

I believe this whisky is no longer available. I have a bottle of it at home, but I'm always wishy-washy about opening discontinued stuff. Luckily a friend provided me with a sample so I could try it…

I love movies that keep me guessing, and I have a bro-crush on Hugh Jackman, ergo this review is named for a movie that kept me guessing, since the whisky fooled me the way Jackman's character was fooled…

My experience with Irish Single Pot Still has been limited to various Redbreast expressions. Let’s see how this one stacks up.**Tasting Notes*** Nose (undiluted): almost subdued at first. With time,…

Big Peat is a blended malt, sometimes called vatted malt, from Douglas Laing & co. The bottle features a bearded Scotsman (presumably named "Pete") wearing a sweater. It is unchil-filtered (yay!) and I…